Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Southern Europe

1964

Life expectancy: 68.8

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Europe was 68.8 years in 1964: 71.3 for women and 66.1 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 1,137,170 people died; 57.3% of them were 65 or older and 13.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1964

Life expectancy at birth

68.8

Women

71.3

Men

66.1

Life expectancy at 65

14.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

49.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

59.9

Deaths

1,137,170

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.3

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

186

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

111

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1964's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1964

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	46.94	56.62	71.4	66.1
1-4	2.50	2.80	73.7	68.9
5-9	0.53	0.71	70.5	65.6
10-14	0.40	0.60	65.6	60.9
15-19	0.52	1.08	60.8	56.0
20-24	0.71	1.36	55.9	51.3
25-29	0.92	1.53	51.1	46.7
30-34	1.19	1.85	46.3	42.0
35-39	1.59	2.49	41.6	37.4
40-44	2.29	3.69	36.9	32.8
45-49	3.29	5.50	32.3	28.4
50-54	5.14	8.93	27.8	24.1
55-59	7.80	14.72	23.4	20.1
60-64	12.85	23.44	19.3	16.4
65-69	21.83	35.98	15.4	13.1
70-74	39.27	56.33	11.8	10.2
75-79	68.46	88.85	8.9	7.7
80-84	115.04	141.66	6.5	5.6
85-89	182.84	214.51	4.7	4.1
90-94	271.57	315.37	3.4	3.0
95-99	384.68	432.30	2.5	2.3
100+	513.40	571.49	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Southern Europe by year

Mortality in Southern Europe, 1964

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